«Stay Free» (Оставайся свободным) — золотой седьмой студийный альбом американского вокального и авторского дуэта Эшфорд и Симпсон (Ashford & Simpson), выпущенный в 1979 году на лейбле Warner Bros. Альбом был великолепно сработан, исполнен и аранжирован. Главные песни альбома "Stay Free", "Nobody Knows" и "Found a Cure" стали хитами №1 в танцевальном чарте Billboard Hot Dance Club Play на протяжении 2х недель. Список композиций: Found A Cure, Stay Free, Dance Forever, Nobody Knows, Crazy, Finally Got To Me, Follow Your Heart. Участники записи: Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, John Davis, Paul Riser, Rob Mounsey, Ray Chew, Chiefy Salaam, Sephra Herman, Craig Michaels, John Potoker, Matthew Weiner, Jim Dougherty, Mike Hutchinson, Seldon Powell, Stewart Romaine, Jimmy Simpson, Ed Rakowicz, Tom Gretto, Al Brown, Steve Toos.
# Disco
The Gap Band I is the third studio album by American R&B/Funk group The Gap Band, released in 1979 on Mercury Records in collaboration with producer Lonnie Simmons. The album was relatively commercially successful, reaching No. 10 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart and containing excellent funk hits such as Shake, Baby Baba Boogie, and Open Up Your Mind (Wide). The album also includes the tracks You Can Count On Me, Messin' With My Mind, I'm In Love, Got To Get Away, and I Can Sing. Shake reached No. 4 on the US R&B chart and Baby Baba Boogie reached No. 48 on the US Club Play Singles chart.